Porcupine Valentine
A Funny Valentine's Day Poem for Kids
“Will you be my valentine?”
said the timid porcupine.
Listening, he heard
not a single word.
“Will you let me hold you please?
Let my arms enfold you please?
Why are you so shy?”
There was no reply.
“I’ll make you my Mrs., dear;
smother you with kisses, dear.
Darling, won’t you try it?”
All he heard was quiet.
“Though I have persisted here,
still you have resisted, dear.
I must need more practice,”
he said to the cactus.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2013. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Animal Poems, Love Poems, Valentine's Day
Poetic Techniques: Dialogue, Irony, Lyric & Dramatic Poems, Rhythm
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